World leaders in 1945

Everyone who held a state’s top posts at some point in 1945, in the order they held them. Names are from Wikipedia’s list of state leaders and appear only where the person’s Wikidata record agrees on the post and the years. What happened in 1945 →

Major powers in 1945

United StatesUnited States history

President: Franklin D. Roosevelt, then Harry S. Truman

United KingdomUnited Kingdom history

King: George VI
Prime minister: Winston Churchill, then Clement Attlee

Soviet UnionRussia history

General Secretary: Joseph Stalin
Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet: Mikhail Kalinin
Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars: Joseph Stalin

Republic of China (1916–1949)China history

Chairmen: Chiang Kai-shek
Premier: Chiang Kai-shek, then T. V. Soong

People's Republic of ChinaChina history

Chairman: Mao Zedong

FranceFrance history

Chairmen: Charles de Gaulle
Prime minister: Charles de Gaulle

Nazi GermanyGermany history

Führer: Adolf Hitler
President: Karl Dönitz
Chancellor: Adolf Hitler, then Joseph Goebbels
Leading Minister: Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk

Allied-occupied GermanyGermany history

Military governor: Joseph T. McNarney, then Marie-Pierre Kœnig

Empire of JapanJapan history

Emperor: Hirohito
Prime minister: Kuniaki Koiso, then Kantarō Suzuki, then Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni, then Kijūrō Shidehara

Africa

Beylik of TunisTunisia history

Bey: Muhammad VIII al-Amin
Prime minister: Slaheddine Baccouche

Ethiopian Empire

Emperor: Haile Selassie I

Kingdom of EgyptEgypt history

King: Farouk I
Prime minister: Ahmad Mahir Pasha, then Mahmoud El Nokrashy Pasha

Kingdom of Rwanda

King: Mutara III Rudahigwa

LiberiaLiberia history

President: William Tubman

Sultanate of Morocco: Alaouite dynasty

Sultan: Mohammed V

Sultanate of Zanzibar

Sultan: Khalifa II

Union of South AfricaSouth Africa history

King: George VI
Prime minister: Jan Smuts

Americas

Argentine RepublicArgentina history

de facto President: Edelmiro Julián Farrell

BoliviaBolivia history

President: Gualberto Villarroel

CanadaCanada history

King: George VI
Prime minister: William Lyon Mackenzie King

First Costa Rican RepublicCosta Rica history

President: Teodoro Picado Michalski

GuatemalaGuatemala history

President: Juan José Arévalo

HondurasHonduras history

President: Tiburcio Carías Andino

MexicoMexico history

President: Manuel Ávila Camacho

NicaraguaNicaragua history

President: Anastasio Somoza García

PanamaPanama history

Provisional President: Enrique Adolfo Jiménez

Presidential Republic (1925–1973) of ChileChile history

President: Juan Antonio Ríos

Republic of ColombiaColombia history

President: Alfonso López Pumarejo

Republic of CubaCuba history

Prime minister: Félix Lancís Sánchez, then Carlos Prío Socarrás

Republic of Haiti (1859–1957)Haiti history

President: Élie Lescot

Republic of ParaguayParaguay history

President: Higinio Moríñigo

Republic of PeruPeru history

Constitutional President: Manuel Prado y Ugarteche, then José Bustamante y Rivero

Third Dominican RepublicDominican Republic history

President: Rafael Trujillo

United StatesUnited States history

President: Franklin D. Roosevelt, then Harry S. Truman

United States of VenezuelaVenezuela history

President: Isaías Medina Angarita, then Rómulo Betancourt

UruguayUruguay history

President: Juan José de Amézaga

Vargas Era BrazilBrazil history

President: Getúlio Vargas, then José Linhares

Asia

Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam, 1945–1976)Vietnam history

President: Ho Chi Minh
Prime minister: Ho Chi Minh

Emirate of Abu DhabiTurkey history

ruler: Shakhbut bin Sultan Al Nahyan

Emirate of AjmanTurkey history

ruler: Rashid bin Humaid Al Nuaimi III

Emirate of DubaiTurkey history

ruler: Saeed bin Maktoum bin Hasher Al Maktoum

Emirate of FujairahTurkey history

ruler: Mohammed bin Hamad Al Sharqi

Emirate of Nejd and HasaSaudi Arabia history

King: Ibn Saud

Emirate of Ras Al KhaimahTurkey history

ruler: Sultan bin Salim Al Qasimi

Emirate of SharjahTurkey history

ruler: Sultan bin Saqr Al Qasimi II

Empire of JapanJapan history

Emperor: Hirohito
Prime minister: Kuniaki Koiso, then Kantarō Suzuki, then Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni, then Kijūrō Shidehara

Empire of VietnamVietnam history

Emperor: Bảo Đại
Prime minister: Trần Trọng Kim

First Syrian RepublicSyria history

Prime minister: Saadallah al-Jabiri

French Protectorate of CambodiaCambodia history

King: Norodom Sihanouk
Prime minister: Norodom Sihanouk, then Son Ngoc Thanh, then Sisowath Monireth

French Protectorate of Luang PhrabangLaos history

King of Luang Phrabang: Sisavang Vong

Hakims of BahrainBahrain history

Hakim: Salman ibn Hamad Al Khalifa

Imperial State of Iran: Pahlavi dynastyIran history

Shah: Mohammad Reza Pahlavi

Kedah SultanateMalaysia history

Sultan: Badlishah Shah

Kelantan Sultanate: Patani dynastyMalaysia history

Sultan: Ibrahim Ibni Almarhum Sultan Muhammad IV

Kingdom of AfghanistanAfghanistan history

King: Mohammed Zahir Shah
Prime minister: Mohammad Hashim Khan

Kingdom of IraqIraq history

Regent: 'Abd al-Ilah
King: Faisal II
Prime minister: Hamdi al-Pachachi

LebanonLebanon history

President: Bechara El Khoury
Prime minister: Riad Al Solh

ManchukuoChina history

Emperor: Puyi
Prime minister: Zhang Jinghui

Mongolian People's RepublicMongolia history

Prime minister: Khorloogiin Choibalsan

Negeri SembilanMalaysia history

Yamtuan: Abdul Rahman

North Yemen: Mutawakkilite Kingdom of YemenYemen history

King: Yahya Muhammad Hamid ed-Din

PakualamanIndonesia history

Sultan: Pakualam VIII

People's Republic of ChinaChina history

Chairman: Mao Zedong

Perak Sultanate: Siak dynastyMalaysia history

Sultan: Abdul Aziz al-Mu’tasim Billah Shah

PerlisMalaysia history

Raja: Syed Harun Putra Jamalullail

PhilippinesPhilippines history

President: José P. Laurel, then Sergio Osmeña

Pontianak SultanateIndonesia history

Sultan: Syarif Hamid II

Protectorate of BruneiBrunei history

Sultan: Ahmad Tajuddin

QatarQatar history

Emir: Abdullah bin Jassim Al Thani

Republic of China (1916–1949)China history

Chairmen: Chiang Kai-shek
Premier: Chiang Kai-shek, then T. V. Soong

Republic of Indonesia (1945–1949) / United States of IndonesiaIndonesia history

President: Sukarno
Prime minister: Sutan Sjahrir

Republic of TurkeyTurkey history

President: İsmet İnönü
Prime minister: Şükrü Saracoğlu

Selangor SultanateMalaysia history

Sultan: Hisamuddin

Sheikhdom of KuwaitKuwait history

Sheikh: Ahmad I

Siam/Thailand: Rattanakosin KingdomThailand history

King: Ananda Mahidol
Prime minister: Khuang Aphaiwong, then Tawee Boonyaket

State of Vietnam (South Vietnam, 1949–1955)Vietnam history

General Secretary: Trường Chinh

Sultanate of Siak Sri IndrapuraIndonesia history

Sultan: Syarif Kasim II

Sultanate/ State of Muscat and OmanOman history

Sultan: Said III

Terengganu SultanateMalaysia history

Sultan: Ali Shah, then Ismail Nasiruddin Shah

Umm Al QuwainTurkey history

ruler: Ahmad bin Rashid Al Mualla

Yogyakarta SultanateIndonesia history

Sultan: Hamengkubuwono IX

Europe

Allied-occupied GermanyGermany history

Military governor: Joseph T. McNarney, then Marie-Pierre Kœnig

Andorra

Episcopal Co-Prince: Ramon Iglesias i Navarri
French Co-Prince: Charles de Gaulle

BelgiumBelgium history

King: Leopold III
Prime minister: Hubert Pierlot, then Achille Van Acker

Czechoslovakia: Third Republic

President: Edvard Beneš
Prime Minister: Zdeněk Fierlinger

Fascist Italy (1922–1943)Italy history

King: Victor Emmanuel III

Grand Duchy of LuxembourgLuxembourg history

Grand Duchess: Charlotte
Prime minister: Pierre Dupong

Independent State of Croatia

Poglavnik: Ante Pavelić

Kingdom of BulgariaBulgaria history

Tsar: Simeon II
Prime minister: Kimon Georgiev

Kingdom of DenmarkDenmark history

King: Christian X
Prime minister: Vilhelm Buhl, then Knud Kristensen

Kingdom of Greece: 4th of August RegimeGreece history

King: George II
Regent: Damaskinos
Prime minister: Georgios Papandreou, then Nikolaos Plastiras, then Petros Voulgaris, then Damaskinos of Athens, then Panagiotis Kanellopoulos, then Themistoklis Sofoulis

Kingdom of Hungary (1920–1946)Hungary history

Leader of the Nation: Ferenc Szálasi
de facto Prime minister: Ferenc Szálasi
Prime minister: Béla Miklós, then Zoltán Tildy

Kingdom of ItalyItaly history

King: Victor Emmanuel III
Prime minister: Ivanoe Bonomi, then Ferruccio Parri, then Alcide De Gasperi

Kingdom of NorwayNorway history

King: Haakon VII
Minister President: Vidkun Quisling
Prime minister: Einar Gerhardsen

Kingdom of RomaniaRomania history

King: Michael I
Prime minister: Nicolae Rădescu, then Petru Groza

Kingdom of SwedenSweden history

King: Gustaf V
Prime minister: Per Albin Hansson

Liechtenstein

Prince: Franz Josef II
Prime Minister: Josef Hoop, then Alexander Frick

Monaco

Prince: Louis II
Minister of state: Pierre de Witasse

Nazi GermanyGermany history

Führer: Adolf Hitler
President: Karl Dönitz
Chancellor: Adolf Hitler, then Joseph Goebbels
Leading Minister: Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk

NetherlandsNetherlands history

Queen: Wilhelmina
Prime minister: Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy, then Willem Schermerhorn

People's Socialist Republic of AlbaniaAlbania history

First Secretary; Democratic Government of Albania: Enver Hoxha
Prime minister; Democratic Government of Albania: Enver Hoxha

Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia

State President: Emil Hácha
Prime minister: Jaroslav Krejčí, then Richard Bienert

Provisional Government of the French RepublicFrance history

Chairmen: Charles de Gaulle
Prime minister: Charles de Gaulle

Reichskommissariat Niederlande: German-occupied NetherlandsNetherlands history

Reichskommissar: Arthur Seyss-Inquart

Republic of AustriaAustria history

President: Karl Renner
Chancellor: Karl Renner, then Leopold Figl

Republic of EstoniaEstonia history

Prime minister: Jüri Uluots, then Otto Tief

Republic of FinlandFinland history

President: Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim
Prime minister: Juho Kusti Paasikivi

Republic of IcelandIceland history

President: Sveinn Björnsson
Prime minister: Ólafur Thors

Republic of IrelandIreland history

President: Douglas Hyde, then Seán T. O'Kelly
Taoiseach: Éamon de Valera

Second Portuguese RepublicPortugal history

President: Óscar Carmona
President of the Council of Minister: António de Oliveira Salazar

Socialist Republic of RomaniaRomania history

General Secretary: Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej

Soviet UnionRussia history

General Secretary: Joseph Stalin
Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet: Mikhail Kalinin
Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars: Joseph Stalin

Spanish State (Francoist Spain)Spain history

Caudillo: Francisco Franco
Prime minister: Francisco Franco

SwitzerlandSwitzerland history

President of the Confederation: Eduard von Steiger

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandUnited Kingdom history

King: George VI
Prime minister: Winston Churchill, then Clement Attlee

Vatican City

Sovereign: Pius XII

Yugoslavia: Democratic Federal Yugoslavia

King: Peter II
Prime minister: Josip Broz Tito

Oceania

AustraliaAustralia history

King: George VI
Prime minister: John Curtin, then Frank Forde, then Ben Chifley

Dominion of New ZealandNew Zealand history

King: George VI
Prime minister: Peter Fraser

Kingdom of Tonga (1900–70)Tonga history

King: Sālote Tupou III
Prime minister: Solomone Ula Ata